It seems obvious to me that this is related to an announcement the very next day - September 14 - wherein Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink publicly confirmed for the first time that the US has active "on-orbit space control weapons" circling the globe.
Either the US destroyed its own decommissioned satellite as a public weapons demonstration, or the sudden "breakup" forced the Pentagon's hand to make the announcement.
CGMthrowaway•46m ago
It seems obvious to me that this is related to an announcement the very next day - September 14 - wherein Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink publicly confirmed for the first time that the US has active "on-orbit space control weapons" circling the globe.
Either the US destroyed its own decommissioned satellite as a public weapons demonstration, or the sudden "breakup" forced the Pentagon's hand to make the announcement.